"People think it's feral because these are country kids in utes making noise, but people going to a doof doof festival and eating pills is socially acceptable. Everyone wants to be woke."
I don't get squeamish over rowdy victimless behavior, but to me the folks photographed are almost indistinguishable from obnoxious urbanite festival addicts. But, let them have their fun, without the machine having to nudge it's way in.
I guess the difference is that the B&S crew aren't seen as "cool" or in any way celebrated or looked up to...
I mean, just look at Subby's comment below, lol.
Can't say I agree with it, but a lot of Australians (including doof partakers, I imagine) would look down upon these people. Which I think is somewhat unfair, really.
Not that they're not "obnoxious", but fuck it, there's not that much to do out there in the countryside. Can't say I blame them.
I'm an American, I have very little intuitive knowledge of Australia. But, my suspicion is that a substantial portion attending this B&S are literally the same suburbanite and urbanite ravers or bluegrass (insert comparable festival genre) attendees dressing up and driving 100 km to make the specific, subtlety pretentious tongue out photo pose that no one made 70 years ago.
People doing redneck vehicle shenanigans, wet T-shirt contests (when they don't have kids!), etc seems fun, despite my apprehensions of extroverted, ritualistic npc noise. I'm bashing the mass, generic festival aspect of what I see. In my imagination, a proper rural party is a private gathering of 100 adults engaging in no phones allowed revelry.
As an overall.misanthrope I find both groups tiresome to the point of hatred.
But one pretending it's worthless time wasting is somehow morally and socially superior to the other groups worthless time wasting pisses me off even more.
I have zero problem with garbage people as long as they acknowledge what they are.
"People think it's feral because these are country kids in utes making noise, but people going to a doof doof festival and eating pills is socially acceptable. Everyone wants to be woke."
I don't get squeamish over rowdy victimless behavior, but to me the folks photographed are almost indistinguishable from obnoxious urbanite festival addicts. But, let them have their fun, without the machine having to nudge it's way in.
I guess the difference is that the B&S crew aren't seen as "cool" or in any way celebrated or looked up to...
I mean, just look at Subby's comment below, lol.
Can't say I agree with it, but a lot of Australians (including doof partakers, I imagine) would look down upon these people. Which I think is somewhat unfair, really.
Not that they're not "obnoxious", but fuck it, there's not that much to do out there in the countryside. Can't say I blame them.
As you say - let them have their fun.
I'm an American, I have very little intuitive knowledge of Australia. But, my suspicion is that a substantial portion attending this B&S are literally the same suburbanite and urbanite ravers or bluegrass (insert comparable festival genre) attendees dressing up and driving 100 km to make the specific, subtlety pretentious tongue out photo pose that no one made 70 years ago.
People doing redneck vehicle shenanigans, wet T-shirt contests (when they don't have kids!), etc seems fun, despite my apprehensions of extroverted, ritualistic npc noise. I'm bashing the mass, generic festival aspect of what I see. In my imagination, a proper rural party is a private gathering of 100 adults engaging in no phones allowed revelry.
Edit: Woo girls. A bunch of woo girls and guys.
As an overall.misanthrope I find both groups tiresome to the point of hatred.
But one pretending it's worthless time wasting is somehow morally and socially superior to the other groups worthless time wasting pisses me off even more.
I have zero problem with garbage people as long as they acknowledge what they are.